BDB4546 [H4136]

I. מוּל, מוֺל ( Deut 1:1), מוֺאל ( Neh 12:38) substantive and preposition front, in front of (derivatives dubious; according to Ol^{§ 223 c} Sta^{§ 378 a, for} מְאוֺל from אוּל to be in front: see further Kö^{ii. 300 f.} Hpt^{BAS i. 172}): —

1. substantive only 1Kgs 7:5 (si vera 1.: see Sta^{ZAW 1883, 151}) וּמוּל מֶחֱזָה אֶלמֶֿחֱזָה and the front of (one) window was towards (the other) window, and Neh 12:38 לְמוֺאל = in the opposite direction (but read probably לִשְׂמאוֺל, compare לַיָּמִין vNeh 12:31).

2. as preposition, Deut 1:1; Deut 2:19 מוּל בני עמון in front of the Ammonites, Deut 3:29 (= Deut 4:46; Deut 34:6) מוּל בית פעור, Deut 11:30; Josh 18:18; Josh 19:46 מוּל יָפוֺ 1Sam 14:5 (twice in verse); figurative Exod 18:19 הֱיֵה אַתָּה לעם מול האלהים in front of God, i.e. representing God to them. With prefixes: —
\ \ a. אלמֿול towards the front of, 1Sam 17:30 מֵאֶצְלוֺ אֶלמֿוּל אַחֵר וַיִּסֹב to the front of another; on the front of, Exod 34:3 (pregnantly) וְאַליִֿרְעוּ אלמֿול ההר, Joel Exod 8:33 (twice in verse); Exod 9:1; Exod 22:11 (see WAW^{JPhoenician xiii. 117 ff.}); specifically מוּל פְּנֵי אֶלֿ towards or on the forefront of, Exod 26:9; Exod 28:25 (|| Exod 39:18), vExod 39:37; Lev 8:9; Num 8:2; Num 8:3; 2Sam 11:15 set ye Uriah אלמֿול פני המלחמה.
\ \ b. מִמּוּל: —
\ \ \ (a) from the front of, Mic 2:8 (text dubious: read probably מֵעַל).
\ \ \ (b) of position, off (see מן 1 c) the front of, Lev 5:8 מִמּוּל עָרְפּוֺ off the front of its neck, i.e. close in front of it, Num 22:5 והוא יושׁב מִמֻּלִי close in front of me, 2Sam 5:23 (1Chr 14:14) ממול בכאים ובאת להם come to them off the front of the mulberry-trees, 1Kgs 7:39 (2Chr 4:10) מִמּוּל נֶגֶב; מִמּוּל פָּנָיו on the forefront of, Exod 28:27 (|| Exod 39:20).

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